Re: Wakefield Friendly : Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:19 pm  

jonh wrote:

Good shout on Thompson he is a player that absolutely needs games.

Just seen some pictures of Eseh in training, really hope he gets a run out as he looks to have packed on the muscle this offseason.

He left Wakey a big lean lad with a cracking frame, looking at the pictures posted he looks like he has lost some of the puppy fat and gained somewhere in the region of a stone of muscle if not more I would guess.

Aesthetically at least the squad looks in tremendous condition. Mago, Walters, Leeming, Eseh etc look like they've transformed their physiques.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:17 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Aesthetically at least the squad looks in tremendous condition. Mago, Walters, Leeming, Eseh etc look like they've transformed their physiques.

Dupree as well. The pictures posted all over social media yesterday highlighted the work that looks to have been put in by them all.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:17 pm  

Squad is an exciting one. Good mix of experience and youth.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:14 pm  

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Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:16 pm  

Good to see Byrne back, thought he might have been touch and go for the start of the season

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:24 pm  

It'll be a pretty young backline but there is plenty of experience and power in the pack. Fingers crossed everyone comes through ok and we get a good look at the new lads and the younger players.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:06 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Dupree as well. The pictures posted all over social media yesterday highlighted the work that looks to have been put in by them all.

Dupree benched 100kg 22 times. Most at the club.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:04 pm  

NSW wrote:

Dupree benched 100kg 22 times. Most at the club.

Looking forward to seeing how he goes this year. Looking at the forwards they all look lean and probs can do a good stint. Imagine we’ll have Byrne and Harvard starting with a rotation of 2-3 bigger props on the bench to punch holes; Mago, Cooper, Dupree and Thompson. Possibly Thompson will do a stint at 13 as they’ll want him on the field as much as possible

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:55 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Aesthetically at least the squad looks in tremendous condition. Mago, Walters, Leeming, Eseh etc look like they've transformed their physiques.

Don’t see much of a difference in the photos on Wigan socials with Eseh from when he was at Trinity. Always had the raw frame and physique to make a cracking prop. Certainly nothing drastic though I’m sure he will continue to build muscle the age he is now and likely the training from Wigan.

Re: Wakefield Friendly : Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:13 pm  

Trojan Horse wrote:

Don’t see much of a difference in the photos on Wigan socials with Eseh from when he was at Trinity. Always had the raw frame and physique to make a cracking prop. Certainly nothing drastic though I’m sure he will continue to build muscle the age he is now and likely the training from Wigan.

Completely disagree he looked like a big lad when he was at Trinity with a very good frame on which to build, he now looks to have matured a bit as you would expect at his age but also added significant muscle.

The downside is that all that muscle is more weight to carry but also needs “feeding” with oxygen during high intensity so it may impact on his ability to play big minutes in the early stages of his Wigan career.